Campaign bar and mounting therefor



Jan. 8, 1946. 1 WOLF CAMPAIGN BAR AND MOUNTING THEREFOR Filed Jan. 29,1944 INVENTOR. JOSEPH WOLF.

rok/)Ex Patented Jan. 8, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 2,392,351IcAMPAmNBan AND MOUNTING 'rnsasroa 'Joseph Wolf, BeverlylHills, Calif.,assigner to Sylvan Wolf ,Los Angeles, Calif.

Application. January L29, 1944, Serial No. `520,231

(,Cl. l-15) 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to new and `usefulimprovements in themethodofvconstructing laminated ribbon campaignbars and to provide fortheir interchange'ability of Vpositionon mounting bars when necessityrequires their removal from yone mounting bar to another, 'or when achange of position on the same V'bar is necessary to maintain theirorder of'precedence.

Both the Army andthe yNavy use-service ribbons for their decorations andmedals during'wartime. The Army K4decoration service ribbons 'are wornin one or `morelines `'inthe sequence of -their importance vstarting onthe top rowtoward the center of'thebody and'reading leftwa-rd, followedbymedal service ribbons in the sequence earned. Whenmore than one lineof `ribbons are worn,

' such lines will overlap.

Since the `most distinguishing decorations for valor are sometimesawarded subsequently to those of a less distinguishing character, itbecomes necessary to adjust the arrangement from left to right'in vorderto conform to the Army and Navy requirements of wearing decorations,service medals and badges in the prescribed order of precedence.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a service ribbon orcampaign bar that is protected against wear and soil and at the sametime may be removably attached either as a single unit or in multipleunits to a mounting bar without supplemental fasteners.

Another object of my invention is to provide a laminated service ribbonor campaign bar resulting inria single unitary article provided withmeans for interchangeably mounting the same on a supporting bar withoutadditional fastening elements.

Still other objects, advantages and features of invention willhereinafter appear.

Referring to the accompanying drawing which illustrates further improvedembodiments of the invention over that shown in said copendingapplication,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a triple emblem bar in which one bar hasbeen removed.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of a parent bar from whichindividual bars are cut, a portion of said bar being broken out in orderto contract the length of the View.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l.

Figs. 4, 5, are sections of modifications.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinally extending transverse section of a singleemblem bar on an increased scale showing one form of means whereby thebar may be fastened to the garment.

Referring -in detail -to the drawing, therein is shown in'Fig. 2alaminated parent unit I, comprising parts l2, 3 `and 4, of anydesirable length from 'which the individual emblem bars of thecharactershown in'Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5 are'cut.

The plates or laminae 2 and 4 are constructed of cleartransparentvplastic materialfsuchas cellulose'acetate or Lucite, andofa'size coextensive in area Vwith that oftheribbon 3ginterposedbetween-them.

The manner oisealing the ribbon 3` between theplastic plates2 and 4toVconstruct the `unitary article `I is ,wellknown inthe art Vand theexpired patents 'to Goodsell et al. 1.071226, August 26, 1913, and Segal1,322,631, November `25, 1919, disclose `representative sealing means.For vthe purpose of this applicatiomvarious other means may be employedto seal the ribbon kin the plastic, it being merely necessary .thatthevribbon be protected .by sealing .or embedding-the same in theplastic platesto form the Aunitaryarticle I having substantialrigidityand thickness.

After .the "laminated strips .5 shown in Figs. r1,'3, 4, `5 and 6 havebeen cut to the `desiredlength from the parent strip to form emblem barsof the required facial area therein shown, such strips are placed insuitable heated dies to form the particular beaded bar shown in Figs. 1and 3 or the alternate type of bars shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Bars of the type shown in Figs. 1, 3, may be constructed of much thinnerlaminations 2 and 4 since the added strength is to be derived fromcurving the material.

In Figs. 1 and 3, the bead 6 resulting from curling in thelongitudinally extending edges is clearly shown. These curled beads 6provide for yieldably holding the emblem bar in place, when onceadjusted to their proper positions on the mounting bar 1, and theiryieldability provides for slipping the laminated emblem bar over themounting bar from either end or snapping it over the edges of thesupporting bar in a atwise manner by yieldably spreading the beads apartsufficiently to override the beveled edges 8 or 9 of the supporting barwith which they cooperate.

Within the province of the invention as hereinafter claimed, if foundexpedient, instead of forming the curled beads 6 on the laminated bar,this construction may be modified in conformity with the showings inFigs. 4 and 5 where, instead of a bead the longitudinally extending edgeportions IU are roundedly bent as shown in Fig. 4 to slidably embracethe rectangularly shaped supporting bar Il` or are squarely shaped, asindivice, which are in addition to those set forth in the alreadyreferred to co-pending application,

may be briefly summarized aslfollows:

After the parent strip has been completed and rightangularly subdivided'into strips of the proper size for. the individual emblem bars, thentheir edges where thus cut areprocessed by subjecting them to a bungoperation to remove any projecting ribbon fibers and to smooth 01T theplastic. Thisbuiing operation is not so importantgwhen thev edges ofthestrip arecurled as shown in' Fig. 3; because the `curls cause the edgesofthe ribbon to be nearly concealed, but it is important in theremainingrembodiments of the invention. y

In Yconstructing theV emblem bar, after the individual sections havebeen severed from the parent strip, they are put into a heateddie,constructed to deform the bar to the shape shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5,after which they are ready to be' applied to the mounting bar in themanner already stated. l :This inventionis intended to cover broadly anysingle pair'or plurality of ribbon-protected bars utilizing Vamedal'decoration service ribbon be-` stowed for Avalor and servicelachieved in any campaign, Whether itbe in the Army, Navy or anyother'branch of the armed or other government service; Although thedecorative service bars are shown as being interchangeably mounted in anendeto-end relation to' each other, yet itis considered to be within theprovince of theinvention, as hereinafter claimed, to apply themdetachably tothe supporting bar inV any manner required, to obtainthisend-to-end relation.

The emblemv bars or service ribbons thus formed are sheathed intransparent plastic which protects them against wear and soiling in use.The sheath thus formed is deformable as described to form on the back ofeach bar a trackway created by the turned edges 6, I0 or I2. Thistrackway is substantially rigid and is mounted on the supporting bars 1,II or I3, as shown, so the bars may bepositioned thereon withoutsupplemental fasteners. f

The portions of the formed ribbons that engage the mounting bars have anormal frictional binding contact and longitudinal push-pull slidablecontact with Vthe engaged face, top and bot tom edges, and adjacentportions of the opposite face of-the supporting bars which permits theformed ribbons to be interchangeably mounted by sliding contact yetsecurely held by frictional contact when in position.

' What is claimed is:

The combination with an appropriately decorated normally flexible ribbonvadapted to bepersonally worn to designatea theater rof military serviceor award, o f asingle protecting and interchangeable securing means forthe eXible ribbon comprisingV relatively thick plates of transparentplastic between which the ribbon is sealed to form a unitary article vofsubstantial rigidity and thickness, a flat bar adaptedto be personallyWorn, against one side of which` the sealed ribbon is adapted to bemounted, and thetop and bottom edges of the sealed ribbon being bentupon themv selves Vin such a'manner Withrespect tothe bar that theformed article 4hasa Vnormal frictional binding contact and longitudinal`push-pull slidable contact with the engagedA face, top and bottomedges, and adjacent portions .0f the opposite face of the flat bar topermit the sealed ribbon to be removably positioned on said bar andsecurely held by the frictional contact Vwhen in po-` sition. I Y

,Y JOSEPH WOLF.

